Posted on 03/02/2012 6:22:38 AM PST by marshmallow
Deacon Greg posted the following update to his story. It seems that someone from St. John Newmann wrote to him the following:
just wanted to let you know that there is a lot more to this story than has been published। I was in a meeting with Fr Marcel and heard the whole story। The woman in question brought her lesbian partner into the vesting sacristy just before the funeral Mass and made sure to introduce her partner to Fr Marcel, introducing her as her ‘lover’. He told her then that she should not present herself for Communion. I have been to many Masses said by Father Marcel and he is a good and holy priest. He speaks very softly when giving out Holy Communion, almost whispering “Corpus Christi” — and did not publicly denounce her but rather said in a whisper that he could not give her Holy Communion. He did feel sick at the end of Mass and made sure to have a replacement priest accompany the body and family to the cemetery.
Father Marcel has a very active role in the very public and weekly vigils at Carhart’s late term abortion clinic in Germantown. He has been a staunch and vociferous defender of life. It is my belief that this is a calculated attempt to discredit him. (Remember – same sex marriage will be signed into law this week in Maryland.) ‘Catholics for Equality’ and other gay groups are feeling pretty strong right now. Fr Marcel is their enemy because he speaks the truth and does not back down…
I am telling you all this because Fr Marcel cannot speak for himself right now. And because he at the very least deserves the benefit of the doubt from you and Ed Peters and others who do not know.........
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Father Marcel did the right thing.
Prayers sent to Father Guarnizo. From what I have read about this story, he has done nothing wrong. The Catholic Church needs MORE priests like him.
He did; but what I see is that they are coming for us. They will not desist.
I am not a Catholic-and therefore will be ignored by some Catholics. My understanding of the Sacrament of Communion within the Catholic church suggests the Priest acted rightly.
I cannot believe he violated Jesus doctrine of love—Nor that he violated Scripture. I find nowhere the suggestion in Scripture that any Priest need administer the elements to anyone asking for such.I am bone weary of homosexual activists using the current myth and general fear of the homosexual militancy to force changes or the nullification of church discipline and social morality. The decision was for this Priest to make—and until /unless anyone can prove he knew all there is now known about the family before he left —I find the charges against him to be without merit.
Why didn his Bishop stab him in the back and publicly take the side of the Lezbo? As a Priest I would expect more loyalty from a Bishop that’s supposed to have my back.
So, this bull dyke made an anti-confession she was living in sin, without repentance or remorse, immediately before Mass?
So she used her mother’s funeral Mass to make an attempted political action in the church.
that explains the priest’s actions.
I called Archbishop Wuerl’s office yesterday and left a message of support for Fr Marcel and his ministry.
You nailed it. No shame from these people.
Ping!
The Spirit from the snake pit is alive and roaming the globe. Very active these days.
Answer: Because they know that they would be lucky to get out with their heads still attached to their bodied. As much as I dislike the Muslims, I'll give them credit, they won't be bullied by anyone. Sometimes I think we could learn something from them
Your post is right on. She flaunted her sin right in the face of the Priest.
He was facing Satan.
His response was right on. He showed courage in the face of the Devil.
This woman set him up at her mother’s funeral, it is a terrible thing that this Priest has more courage than his Bishop.
I can give the Bishop a small excuse that maybe he spoke before he had all the facts, but if so he should immediately rescind his statement.
“... same sex marriage will be signed into law this week in Maryland”
The bill has been the top priority of MD’s governor, a purported Catholic himself. The gov would never be declined Communion. And therein lies a problem with the Church.
At some point the Church has to draw the line. These politicians who use their Catholicism to get votes, but who then promote, vote for, sign laws that violate Church laws, have to be told, in no uncertain terms, “you are free to act politically according to your conscience, but if your so acting violates Church doctrine, you are excommunicated.”
You are righ ED.
Marsh, did his bishop support him?
I can answer that, red .... no, and hell no!
This suburban MD church is in the Washington DC archdiocese. They apologized to the lesbian who was denied Communion. Fr. Guarnizo got a tsk tsk.
In defending the archdiocese’s position, one Msgr (named Pope), said “when in doubt, give it out.” Made my blood boil. You’d think Fr. Guarnizo was handing out Halloween candy, not what the Catholic Church teaches is the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Not symbolically, but THE Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
The church, or at least some of its leaders, should go back to Catechism 101.
It was the priest's intention to ask him in private if he were absolved from sin and in the state of grace; and the priest was ready at that time to give the man Communion if he were spiritually prepared to receive Our Lord.
I only know this from having witnessed it (without hearing anything audible), and then hearing the man's, and then the priest's, recounting of the incident.
It looks like this mourning daughter, for whatever reason, used her own mother's funeral as an opportunity to force the priest into an on-the-spot crisis. He was obliged, in all kindness, to protect her from profaning the Sacrament, which would have been harmful to her.
| 1 Corinthians 11:27 . . . "So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves." |
He would have been called "hateful" even if he had said "The Lord be with you, my daughter." And if he had given her a hug --- oh wait, that would have been sex abuse.
You are absolutely right.
The person giving communion is obligated act as he did to not defile the host.
You are a better understanding of Catholic doctrine than anyone who would disagree.
We need more people like you in the church.
For this person to do an “in your face” introduction before Mass was just daring the priest to withhold communion...he did and all the more courage he showed in defense of communion. It aint bean bags when you get communion, its a sacrament and public sinners should be banned until they repent. Even scripture says to shun the public sinner until they repent...
I’m not Catholic either, so my two cents probably won’t count for much, but I don’t see where Jesus’s love even comes into it. As I understand the Catholic communion, it’s about not imparting God’s holiness to someone who is in open and unrepentant sin-—in this case, what He calls an abomination. There shouldn’t even be any discussion of it with these people who were openly mocking God.
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